<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0DHVQP_1EoWn2C600" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0DHVQP_1EoWn2C600" width="640" height="333" ><figcaption>Salem Health Hospitals &amp; Clinic (KOIN)</figcaption></figure>PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Following a months-long process, two Oregon health systems have merged.Salem Health Hospitals &amp; Clinics revealed it finalized its acquisition of Santiam Hospital &amp; Clinics on Monday. As part of the contract approved by both parties, Cheryl Nester Wolfe will continue serving as the president and CEO of Salem Health — while Maggie Hudson will remain as CEO of Santiam Hospital and also join the larger organization’s executive leadership council and report to its top executive.“Our top priority remains the same: supporting our clinicians and staff while providing the compassionate, high-quality care our communities know and deserve,” Wolfe said in a statement. “We believe that healthcare begins close to home. For many individuals and families, their relationship with a trusted primary care provider is the cornerstone of their health and wellness journey, and maintaining access to those providers in our local communities remains a priority.”The larger system employs more than 6,000 people across the Salem Hospital and West Valley Hospital, as well as multiple clinics across the mid-Willamette Valley. Santiam Hospital employs more than 700 employees across 12 clinics.Both organizations announced their plans to join forces in January, citing “significant headwinds” in the health care industry. They later urged the Oregon Health Authority to grant an emergency exemption for their merger, claiming that Santiam faced “imminent risk of insolvency” while awaiting the state’s decision.Lawmakers also weighed in on the request, advising OHA to approve the acquisition so that patients in the region did not face a gap in medical services. Residents and health care workers then testified at a hearing held by the Oregon Department of Justice, arguing that Santiam’s closure could create a maternity health care desert.Salem Health leaders additionally told officials Santiam had just another five weeks of funding remaining, and that their organization would be forced to expand its emergency room capacity if the smaller system shut down.Now that the acquisition has been finalized, two members of the Santiam board will join Salem Health’s.</div></body>

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Following a months-long process, two Oregon health systems have merged. Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics revealed it finalized its acquisition of Santiam Hospital & Clinics on Monday. As part of the contract approved by both parties, Cheryl Nester Wolfe will continue serving as the president and CEO of Salem Health — while Maggie Hudson will remain as CEO of Santiam Hospital and also join the larger organization’s executive leadership council and report to its top executive.

Mid-Willamette Valley health systems finalize merger after months-long process

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